Jeremiah York

From Deeds and Land Records, Rabun Co, GAGenWeb:

Deed Book A, p. 159 (transcribed to Book R, p. 109) Deed dated 29 Dec. 1827, recorded 10 Jul. 1828, from John W. Towns, Rabun Co., GA, to Jeremiah York, Rabun Co., GA, conveyed 490 acres, Lot 43, First District, for $300. Witnesses: Jonathan S. Hogue and John S. Stanley. Signed: John W. Towns. (MM1)

Deed Book A, p. 240 (transcribed to Book R, p. 181) Deed dated 9 May 1830, recorded 5 Apr. 1831, from Jeremiah York, to Jeffry York, Rabun Co., GA conveyed South half of Lot 43, First District, for $150. Witnesses: Elijah Brady and John Patterson. Signed: Jeremiah York. (MM1)

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Tombstone in Persimmon Baptist Church Cemetery:

Jeremiah York; 16 Dec 1802 - 20 Dec 1888; "In Memory of"

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Excerpted from "Sketches of Rabun County History" (reprinted in 1959) by Andrew Jackson Ritchie:

         "The only children of Seymour York were three sons - Jeremiah, John and Jeffry.  The oldest son, Jeremiah, was born in 1802 and died in 1888, at the age of 86 years. He was about 21 years of age when the family came to this county.  On December 29, 1827, he purchased from John W. Towns of Talliaferro County lot 43 in the Persimmon district, containing 490 acres, at the price of $300.  He married Margaret Dollison, who died in 1870 at the age of 65 years.  All of his children were from this marriage.  There were three daughters.  Caroline married Alfred Keener.  They moved to Texas.  Margaret married L. C. Hollifield, who was for several terms Clerk of the Superior Court.  Adeline married Lee Pinner of the Persimmon district.  Late in his life Jeremiah York married Polly Ann Moore.  He was a Justice of the Peace and a deacon in the Baptist Church.  He is buried in the old Persimmon cemetery.  

The sons for Jeremiah York were John Marion, Martin V., Cicero, the Rev. W. S. York and Joseph B. York. The two families of John Marion York and Martin V. York are more widely known than the others. These two men were reared on the old plantation in the Persimmon district and spent all of their lives there."
List of Slave Owners in Rabun County in 1862 includes Jeremiah York with 1 slave and his mother Miriam owned 4.